Host-pathogen interactions: The attributes of virulence

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 337-344

  Casadevall, Arturo ^a   Pirofski, Liise anne ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; FUNGI; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035425835     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322044     Document Type: Review

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